Shade-roller bracket.



G. H. SMITH SHADE ROLLER BRACKET. APPLICATION FILED DEC. 2. 1917.

1 ,266,336. Patented May 14, 1918.

WITN ESSES ATTO R N EY nonen IfEiiRlY SVMITH, or BRIDGEPORT, oonnncrrou'r.

sHADE-RoL'LEn BRACKET;

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 14, 1918.

Application filed December 12, 1917. Serial No. 206,769.

To aZZ whom it mayconcern Be it known that I, GEORGE Hl SMITH, a citizen of the United States, residing at Bridgeport,,in the county of Fairfield and State of Connecticut, have invented a new and useful Shade-Roller Bracket, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to shade roller brackets for windows, and the object is to provide a bracket which may be formed of a single piece, as by stamping a blank of the proper shape from sheet steel or other suitable metal, andthen, by a single bending operation, providing the same with means for engaging behind the inner bead of a window frame or casinggand with bearing members for properly supporting the respectivespindles of an ordinary shade roller.

Another object is to provide a shade roller bracket having, in addition to the above characteristics, self-contained means for i1npinging the frame of the window casing and for clamping-the inner bead thereof for the purpose of rigidly supporting the shade rollerv at any desired elevation upon the window casing, without the use of screws, nails, or other fastening means, the said securing nieans being of such a nature as to render thedevice capable of being readily removed from the window casing and adjusted when desired.

A full and completeunderstanding of the invention may be. obtained from a consideration of the followingdetailed description, takenin connection with the accompanying drawing, forming a part of this specifioa tion; it being umlerstood thatIwhile the drawing shows a practical form of the invention, the latter is not confined to strict conformity therewith, but maybe changed or'modifiech'solong as such changes or modifications mark no material departure from the salient features of the invention, as specifically pointed out in the claims ap pended hereto.

In the drawing, in which like reference characters designate corresponding parts in each of the several figures 2- Figure 1 is a horizontal sectional view of a window casing showing in plan a pair of the improved brackets in position there on and supporting a shade roller;

Fig. ,2 is a, face view of one of a pair of brackets looking at the roller supporting side thereof;

Fig. is a similar view of the other bracket comprising a pair;

F i l is a horizontal sectional view on the llne l--'l of Fig. 2;

Fig] his a vertical sectional view on the line 5-5 of Fig. 2;

Fig. 6 is a vertical sectional view on the line 66 of Fig. 2.

T he window frame, as partially illustrated ilrFig'. l.of the drawing, is ofthe ordinary construction, and comprises the face board 1, having secured thereto in the usual manner, as by nails, (not shown) the inner strip or bead 2 which, in conjunction with the parting head 3, forms the groove or channel for the inner, lower sash 4:, shown in plan, and which is adapted to be raised and low cred therein in the same manner as the outer, upper sash 5 which, in Fig. l, is shown in horizontal section. Further than the above described parts of a common window casing and sash therefor, it has not been deemed necessary to illustrate in order to show the application of the improved shade roller brackets to the window casing. v

The brackets are composed of pairs, including a right and a left, one having means for receiving and forming a bearing for the round or rotatable journal or spindle of the roller, and the other having means for receiving and holding the other, rectangular spring winding spindle or rod of the roller and to support that end of the said roller and prevent the turningof said spindle or rod, as is necessary in devices of this class.

Each bracket comprises a base plate or member 6, stamped from any suitable sheet metal having sufficient strength to withstand the strain to which shade roller brackets are subjected, said base 6 being preferably oblong in form, having its corners rounded, and provided with a plurality of prongs 7 formed by slitting the metal in V shape and bending the tongue thus formed back perpendicularly to-the' base to provide pointed projections capable of penetrating the wood of the window casing when the device is applied in a manner to be described. I

Each base plate is provided, preferably at one short side thereof, with an integral extension or neck 8 reduced in width and bent upon itself, adjacent to the contiguous edge of the base plate 1, as indicated at 9, in order to locate the major portion of the neck in front of and in spaced relation to the said base, thus forming a spring clamp between the returned portion of the neck 8 and the base 1 capable of receiving therein the inner bead 2 of the window casing and of clamping the same therebetween.

The necks 8 terminate in enlarged heads l0 concaved on their faces opposite the base plates, as indicated at 11, and provided with suitable apertures for receiving the spindles of a shade roller 12, shown in Fig. 1 of the drawing. One head 10, say the right hand one, is provided with a round hole 13, at the center of the concavity 11 therein, for the reception of the round spindle 1st of the shade roller 12, while the other bracket, say the left hand one, has a rectangular opening 15 formed in the center of the concave portion of its head 10 and provided with the entrance slot 16 connecting therewith, for the reception of the rectangular spring winding spindle 17, which, as is usual, is held from turning therein, to support the adjacent end of the shade roller 12 and to properly act upon the spring mechanism therein (not shown).

The axis of rotation of the shade roller 12 is located at a point midway of the width of the base plate 6 and near the end thereof opposite to'the neck 8, in both the right and left hand brackets, and it will be seen that,

by reason of the concavities 11 formed in each head, advanced bearings are provided for the spindles la and 17 respectively, and ample space is thus secured to accommodate the ends of said spindles when the brackets are in installed position, as illustrated in Fig. l of the drawin The neck 8, of each bracket, is provided with a concavity in that face removed from the base plate and adjacent to the head 10, to strengthen the neck and to form an inwardly projected abutment 18 which, together with the likewise inwardly directed terminal portion 19 of the head 10, are adapted to impinge the exposed side face of the inner head 2 when the bracket is in applied position.

To apply the improved brackets, as herein shown and described, it is only necessary to loosen the inner bead 2 on either side of the window casing at the elevation at which it is desired to locate the bracket, and introduce the base plate 6 between the face board 1 and said bead 2. The return bend portion of the neck 8 then hugs the rounded edge of the bead and prevents any rocking movement of the bracket after the head is hammered or otherwise forced back into position and the nails driven home again. The spring action of the neck 8 then tends to hold the abutments 1S and 19 against the face of the bead, and the prongs 7 are em bedded in the face board 1 when the device is securely held in position upon the window casing, with the base plate entirely concealed from view and the bearings of the bracket unobstructed to receive the shade roller spindles, by reason of the concavities formed in the bearing heads, and ample space provided for the ends of said spindles, as clearly shown in Fig. i of the drawing.

From the foregoing, it will be seen that a simple and durable window shade bracket having no complicated parts to get out of order has been provided which may be manufactured at an extremely low cost, which requires no additional fastening device for securing the same in position, and which may be easily and quickly applied to or removed from a window casing without leaving a scratch or hole in view or otherwise defacing the same.

What is claimed is 1. A shade roller bracketadapted to frictionally embrace and be clamped to the head of a window frame, formed of one piece of metal, comprising a fiat base plate adapted to lie between the inner face of the bead and the window frame, a shade-roller-supporting head located at one side. of said base plate and adapted tobear against the outer face of said bead, said head having means for engaging one of the spindles of a shade roller, and a spring neck connecting one side of said head with one side of said base plate, said neck holding the said head spaced from the said base plate a siifiicient distance to allow the bracket to he slipped over said head and retained thereon without the use of separate fastening devices.

2. A shace bracket adapted to frictionally embrace and be clamped to the head of a window frame, formed of one piece of metal, comprising a fiat base plate to lie between the inner face of the bead and the window frame, a spring neck extending from one side of the base plate and of materially less width than the latter, said neck being bent inwardly over and in spaced relation to the said base plate and curved to fit the edge of the bead, a head at the end of the neck and also spaced from the base plate and adapted to bear against the outer face of said head, said head being larger than the neck but smaller than the base plate and provided with a bearing for a shade roller spindle, and spurs carried by'the base plate and adapted to impinge in the face of the window frame, the entire length of the bracket not exceeding the width of the head.

3. A shade bracket formed of one piece of metal, comprising a base plate adapted to be inserted between the inner bead and the face board of a window frame, a neck eX- tending from one side of the base and returned upon itself and terminating in a head located in spaced relation to the base,

said head being concaved on its face oppo I site the base and provided with a bearing llt for a shade roller spindle, a depression formed in the said neck adjacent to the head for strengthening the same, and spurs carried by the base and projecting outwardly from that face thereof remote from the enlarged head and adapted to impinge in the face of the window frame.

l. A shade bracket comprising a fiat base plate having anintegral spring neck extending from one side edge thereof and curved to lie in front of and in spaced relation to the base plate to embrace and clamp the inner bead of a window frame, said neck terminating in an enlarged head concaved in its inner face and provided with a bearing for its respective shade roller spindle, the said bead being clamped by the base plate, neck and the head, and retaining spurs pro vided on said bracket to maintain the latter in fixed position on the bead, the length of the bracket not exceeding the width of the bead.

5. In combination with a window casing, shade roller brackets each comprising a base inserted between the inner beads and the face boards of the casing, prongs carried by the said bases on their outer faces to engage the said face boards, bearing heads formed integrally with the bases in spaced relation thereto and adapted to lie against the inner opposed faces of the inner beads and to clamp the same in conjunction with the said bases, spring necks connecting the respective heads and bases and hugging the inner exposed edges of the beads, and bearings formed in the heads to receive their respective shade roller spindles, said heads having concavities to accommodate the ends of the spindles, and said .beads forming the rear walls of said concavities whereby the said roller is mounted within the window frame between the said beads and is supported by the latter.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto afiixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE HENRY SMITH.

Vitnesses:

Dorm R. WHITNEY, AMELIA BLACKERT.

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